The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life. Yet such things are a part of our life, neither the least noble nor the most terrible.

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Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect...

Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect...

An honest money system is the only alternative.

An honest money system is the only alternative.

Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it...

Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it...

There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into...

There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into...

With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view...

With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view...

Chemistry has been termed by the physicist as the messy part of physics, but that...

Chemistry has been termed by the physicist as the messy part of physics, but that...

In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give...

In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give...

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature.

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature.

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.

Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful.

Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful.

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone,...

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone,...

The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great...

The whole profit of the issuance of money has provided the capital of the great...

But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the...

But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the...

There is something sublime about its aloofness from and its indifference to its external environment.

There is something sublime about its aloofness from and its indifference to its external environment.

To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as...

To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as...